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Johannes Oettel (Bass)

Born: October 7, 1904 - Oelsnitz, Saxony, Germany
Died: July 28, 1954 - Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Johannes Oettel was a German bass singer and singing teacher, active mainly in Leipzig. He taught at the Thomasschule and was conductor of the school orchestra. As a singer he sang mainly sacred works, under such conductors as Thomaskantors Karl Straube (before World War II) and Günther Ramin (after the War). He married Charlotte Wolf in 1933. Since 1940 he was in the German army; then in Russian captivity; in 1949 he came back home. He died in 1954 from pancreatic carcinoma.

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Bits & pireces from various sources
Contributed by
Lothar Bemmann - Archivist, German Clavichord Society, Göttingen (Dates, October-November 2014); Aryeh Oron (October 2014)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Günther Ramin

Bass

BWV 36 [2nd], BWV 41, BWV 43, BWV 57, BWV 65, BWV 67, BWV 78, BWV 106, BWV 111, BWV 119, BWV 128, BWV 131, BWV 137, BWV 138
Radio:
BWV 112
[CR-182] (1953, Radio recording): BWV 182

Karl Straube

Bass

Radio: BWV 30, BWV 79, BWV 80, BWV 95

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